Object Title
Terracotta head of a woman
Measurements
H.: 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Creation Date
late 4th century B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Michael Jaharis, in honor of Thomas P. Campbell, 2013
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/258000?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=head%2Bof%2Bterracotta%2Bfemale%2Bstatue&pos=2&imgno=0&tabname=object-information
Provenance Information
Purchased by Mr. Christos Bastis prior to 1982; acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jaharis at the Sotheby’s New York sale “Antiquities from the Collection of the late Christos G. Bastis,” December 9, 1999, lot 114. Given by Mary and Michael Jaharis to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013.
The work has been on loan to, and on display at, The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1982 to 1999 and from 2007 to present. The work was also exhibited in connection with the Sotheby’s sale in 1999.
The work has been on loan to, and on display at, The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1982 to 1999 and from 2007 to present. The work was also exhibited in connection with the Sotheby’s sale in 1999.
Exhibition Information
The work has been on loan to, and on display at, The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1982 to 1999 and from 2007 to 2013. The work was also exhibited in connection with the Sotheby’s sale in 1999.
Publication Information
Buitron-Oliver, Diana. 1987. Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis, Emma Swan Hall, ed. no. 73, pp. 156-57, Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern.
Sotheby's, New York. 1999. Antiquities from the Collection of the Late Christos G. Bastis. December 9, 1999. lot 114, pp. 132-33, New York.
Sotheby's, New York. 1999. Antiquities from the Collection of the Late Christos G. Bastis. December 9, 1999. lot 114, pp. 132-33, New York.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The work has been publicly displayed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on long-term loan from 1982 through 1999 and again from 2007 to 2013. The work was sold at public auction in 1999. The work has been published twice – once by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1987 as part of the Museum’s exhibition of the Bastis Collection and once in the 1999 Sotheby’s auction catalog. The work is a rare and beautiful example of a Tarentine life-size terracotta statue. It will considerably enhance the Museum’s collection of large-scale terracotta sculpture.